Susan Klinger

When choosing a portrait pose, why I almost always go with a 3/4 view. Don't know what a 3/4 view is? Read on...

Could a portrait drawing be my ticket out of the artistic doldrums? Getting back to basics was exactly what I needed!

The artist’s sketchbook. After the initial idea is hatched, it is the starting point for many works of art, so it seemed an appropriate starting point for starting my new blog. The sketchbook can serve many purposes. It can be where one works out a value plan. It can be a place to experiment with a vague concept that needs to be put on paper to see if it has merit. It can be ‘practice’ drawing. Drawing figures is not my specialty, so if a figure is to be a part of my work,